Facts about The Van Gogh Museum

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   Starry Night Over the Rhone, painted in 1888, hangs permanently in the Van Gogh Museum and depicts the Arles riverbank at night with eleven stars and a crescent moon.

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   The museum's collection includes 750 letters exchanged between Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo, providing intimate documentation of the artist's creative process and personal struggles.

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   Vincent van Gogh's 1890 self-portrait with grey hat sold at auction for 71.5 million dollars in 1998, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever sold at that time.

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   Approximately 7 million euros were spent on the museum's major renovation completed in 2013, which expanded gallery spaces and improved climate control systems.

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   In 1973, the Van Gogh Museum opened in Amsterdam with a building designed by architect Gerrit Rietveld, featuring three interconnected structures housing the world's largest collection of the artist's works.

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   Roughly 200 paintings and 500 drawings by Vincent van Gogh reside in the Van Gogh Museum's permanent collection, representing about one-quarter of his total known works.

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   Over 2 million visitors annually visit the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, making it the third most visited museum in the Netherlands.

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